Tech Meme

Hayden Field / CNBC: Source: at an all-hands meeting, Sam Altman said there are no plans for him to get a “giant equity stake” in OpenAI, calling that information “just not true”  —  At an all-hands meeting Thursday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman denied that there are plans for him to receive a … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Maggie Miller / Politico: The US is fretting over signing a UN cybercrime treaty due to fears Russia, China, and others could use it to justify surveillance and suppression of rights  —  The Biden administration has weeks left to decide how to vote on a controversial U.N. cybercrime treaty, which critics … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiens / iFixit News: iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max teardown: great modularity upgrades and better repairability due to a dual-entry design and a metal enclosure for the 16 Pro’s battery  —  We first cracked into the iPhone 16 lineup over the weekend, and we were impressed.  The vanilla iPhone 16 earned a respectable 7 out of 10 repairability score. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: A look at some standout startups from Day 2 of YC’s S24 Demo Day, including energy-efficient AI chips maker Exa Laboratories and freight carpooling startup Oway  —  Silicon Valley accelerator Y Combinator held the second Demo Day for its Summer 2024 cohort on Thursday, and just like we saw on Day 1 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mariella Moon / Engadget: The Irish Data Protection Commission wraps up an inquiry launched in 2019 and fines Meta €91M for violating GDPR rules by storing passwords in plain text  —  The Irish Data Protection Commission found that the company violated several GDPR rules.  —  The Irish Data Protection Commission … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mariella Moon / Engadget: The Irish Data Protection Commission wraps up an inquiry launched in 2019 and fines Meta €91M for violating GDPR rules by storing passwords in plain text  —  The Irish Data Protection Commission found that the company violated several GDPR rules.  —  The Irish Data Protection Commission … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: The UK CMA rules that Amazon’s $4B Anthropic deal does not qualify for an investigation under merger laws as Anthropic’s UK revenue did not meet needed limits  —  The Competition and Markets Authority said Friday that the tie-up did not qualify for an investigation under merger laws. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vishal Chawla / The Block: DefiLlama: Coinbase’s L2 Ethereum network Base stands at $2.08B in total value locked, up from $430M at the start of 2024, marking a 370% growth year-to-date  —  – Base has surpassed a total value locked of $2 billion for the first time — a 370% increase year-to-date. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: Stripe data: AI startups took a median 11 months to hit $1M in annualized revenue after their first sales, vs. 15 months for previous gen of SaaS companies  —  New data from payments group Stripe suggest artificial intelligence groups are making revenues at an unprecedented rate Lees verder op Tech Meme

Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: Current and former staff say OpenAI has rushed product announcements and safety testing, lost its lead over rivals, and Altman is detached from the day-to-day  —  Executives and researchers have left this year amid disputes over the company’s values and fights among its leaders Lees verder op Tech Meme